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Pentagon Golden Dome to have 4-layer defense system, slides show
The $175 billion Golden Dome will integrate satellite and land-based layers to intercept missile threats faster, with $25 billion already appropriated by Congress.
- Last week, 3,000 defense contractors in Huntsville, Alabama, received slides revealing the four-layer Golden Dome missile defense system, aiming for completion by 2028, as set by U.S. President Donald Trump.
- Earlier this year, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the Golden Dome missile defence shield alongside U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office on May 20, 2025, drawing inspiration from Israel’s Iron Dome.
- Faced with undetermined launcher and interceptor counts, slides show the basic architecture remains unresolved, with an estimated $175 billion cost and four integrated layers including a space-based sensing and targeting layer and three land-based layers.
- In July, Congress appropriated $25 billion for Golden Dome, and Space Force General Michael Guetlein has 30 days from his July 17 confirmation to build a team, 60 days for initial design, and 120 days for a full plan, per a Defense Secretary memo.
- Amid escalating threats, the 2026 presidential budget request allocates 45.3 billion for Golden Dome, with a report estimating 16,000 interceptors needed for 10 Hwasong-18 missiles and plans for a third Midwest missile site.
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In the midst of the tense world situation Donald Trump is planning a gigantic project to protect his country from attacks. The utopian-sounding missile defense system, which bears the sonorous name "Golden Dome", is supposed to be operational as early as 2028. This reports "ntv". What the system should be able to do, we tell you in this picture section. +++ You might also be interested in this: Third [...]
The administration of United States President Donald Trump is developing a new missile defense system called "Golden Dome", which will consist of four layers of protection - one space-based and three ground-based, with a total of 11 short-range batteries deployed across the continental United States, as well as in Alaska and Hawaii.
The administration of US President Donald Trump announced new details about the missile defense system project known as "Gold Dome," which is expected to represent a qualitative shift in the US air defense architecture...
Congress has so far approved $25 billion for the plan, with an additional $45.3 billion planned in the 2026 budget proposal.
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